# Uttar Pradesh Gram Rojgar Sevak Sangh v. State Of U.P. & Ors

- **Citation:** (2025) 8 ILRA 628
- **Court:** High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
- **Decided:** 2025-08-14
- **Case number:** Writ A No. 3032 of 2025
- **Bench:** Ajit Kumar
- **Source:** https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/allahabad-high-court/uttar-pradesh-gram-rojgar-sevak-sangh-v-state-of-u-p-ors-53739
- **Pages:** 5

## Headnote

Government Order dated 18.03.2024 to grant
compassionate appointment to the dependent of
deceased?

Headnotes
(A)
Service
law
-
Compassionate
appointment - Entitlement of dependent
of deceased, held the post of Rojgar
Sewak - General direction sought for
compassionate appointment relying upon
the GO dated 18.03.2024 - However, the
District
Magistrate,
in
the
personal
affidavit, averred that in absence of
guidelines
for
giving
compassionate
appointment in terms of the Government
Order
dated
18.03.2024,
no
such
appointments are being considered -
Permissibility
-
Necessity
of
issuing
direction to ensure compliance of GO
dated
18.03.2024
also
felt
into
consideration :
Held : Once the Government has issued a
Government Order providing for compassionate
appointment to the dependants of the deceased
Rozgar Sevak, every district has to comply with
the same - As far as the guidelines are
concerned, in absence of any Rule or Regulation
framed in that regard in such districts, the
eligibility criteria
laid
down in the U.P.
Recruitment of Dependants of Government
Servants Dying in Harness Rules, 1974 as
amended from time to time, may be followed -
I further issue directions to the Secretary, Gram
Vikas
to
issue
necessary
guidelines
and
directions so as to ensure that the Government
Order dated 11.03.2024 is complied in its letter
and spirit in all the districts of Uttar Pradesh.
[Paras 7 and 8] (E-1)

List of Acts
U.P. Recruitment of Dependants of Government
Servants
Dying
in
Harness
Rules,
1974;
Government Order dated 18.03.2024.

List of Keywords
Compassionate appointment; Dependent of
deceased; Absence of guidelines; Secretary,
Gram Vikas; Directions; Affected
families;
Application for compassionate appointment;
Consideration without undue delay.

Case Arising From
Seeking compassionate appointment to the
dependent of deceased of Rojgar Sewak in term
of Government Order dated 18.03.2024.

## Text

628 INDIAN LAW REPORTS ALLAHABAD SERIES

30. With the aforesaid observations,
the special appeal stands disposed of.
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(2025) 8 ILRA 628
ORIGINAL JURISDICTION
CIVIL SIDE
DATED: ALLAHABAD 14.08.2025

BEFORE

THE HON'BLE AJIT KUMAR, J.

Writ A No. 3032 of 2025

Uttar Pradesh Gram Rojgar Sevak Sangh
 ...Petitioner
Versus
State Of U.P. & Ors. ...Respondents

Counsel for the Petitioner:
Rajesh Kumar Sharma, Shobh Nath

Counsel for the Respondents:
C.S.C.

Issue for Consideration
How far the lack of an appropriate guidelines
may come in the way of giving effect the
Government Order dated 18.03.2024 to grant
compassionate appointment to the dependent of
deceased?

Headnotes
(A)
Service
law
-
Compassionate
appointment - Entitlement of dependent
of deceased, held the post of Rojgar
Sewak - General direction sought for
compassionate appointment relying upon
the GO dated 18.03.2024 - However, the
District
Magistrate,
in
the
personal
affidavit, averred that in absence of
guidelines
for
giving
compassionate
appointment in terms of the Government
Order
dated
18.03.2024,
no
such
appointments are being considered -
Permissibility
-
Necessity
of
issuing
direction to ensure compliance of GO
dated
18.03.2024
also
felt
into
consideration :
Held : Once the Government has issued a
Government Order providing for compassionate
appointment to the dependants of the deceased
Rozgar Sevak, every district has to comply with
the same - As far as the guidelines are
concerned, in absence of any Rule or Regulation
framed in that regard in such districts, the
eligibility criteria
laid
down in the U.P.
Recruitment of Dependants of Government
Servants Dying in Harness Rules, 1974 as
amended from time to time, may be followed -
I further issue directions to the Secretary, Gram
Vikas
to
issue
necessary
guidelines
and
directions so as to ensure that the Government
Order dated 11.03.2024 is complied in its letter
and spirit in all the districts of Uttar Pradesh.
[Paras 7 and 8] (E-1)

List of Acts
U.P. Recruitment of Dependants of Government
Servants
Dying
in
Harness
Rules,
1974;
Government Order dated 18.03.2024.

List of Keywords
Compassionate appointment; Dependent of
deceased; Absence of guidelines; Secretary,
Gram Vikas; Directions; Affected
families;
Application for compassionate appointment;
Consideration without undue delay.

Case Arising From
Seeking compassionate appointment to the
dependent of deceased of Rojgar Sewak in term
of Government Order dated 18.03.2024.

(Delivered by Hon'ble Ajit Kumar, J.)

1. Heard learned counsel for the
parties.

2. By means of this petition filed
under Article 226 of Constitution of India,
petitioner
is
seeking
compassionate
appointment on account of death of his
father working as Rozgar Sevak, while in
employment.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner
has relied upon Government Order issued
in this regard on 18.03.2024. Accordingly
this Court on 11.03.2024 directed the
learned
Standing
Counsel
to
obtain
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instruction in the matter by passing
following order:

"1. The contention advanced on
behalf of the petitioner is that in respect of
those Rozgar Sevak who died in harness
after Covid-2019, the guidelines issued by
the Central Government as well as the
State Government for offering appointment
to the dependents are not being followed in
terms of the Government Order dated
18.03.2024 whereas in other districts these
guidelines are being followed.

2. In respect of submission so
advanced,
learned
counsel
for
the
petitioner has drawn the attention of the
Court to the letter issued by the C.D.O.
Sravasti dated 20.01.2025 whereby the
dependents of the deceased Rozgar Sewak
has been offered appointment.

3.
Let
the
District
Magistrate/District Programme Coordinator,
MNREGA, District Maharajganj file a
detailed affidavit meeting the points raised in
this petition specially discrimination in the
matters of compassionate appointment of
dependents of the deceased Rozgar Sevak on
the next date fixed failing which, the District
Magistrate/
District
Programme
Coordinator,
MNREGA,
District
Maharajganj shall appear in person before
this Court.

4. List this case on 03.04.2025
amongst top ten cases. "

4. U.P. Gram Rozgar Sewak, Sangh
has approached this Court for a direction in
general to all the districts for complying
with
the
Government
Order
dated
18.03.2024 which provides for claim of the
dependents of deceased Rozgar Sewak for
compassionate appointment. The relevant
Government
Order
is
reproduced
hereunder:

संख्या-73/38-7002
(099)/143/2019

प्रेिक,

सुखिाि भारती,

सकचव,

उत्तर प्रदेश शासन।

सेवा में.

आयुक्त,

ग्राम्य कवकास,

उत्तर प्रदेश।

ग्राम्य कवकास अनुभाग-7 िखनऊः कदनांकः 18
माचज, 2024

कवियः कोकवड-19 के अकतररक्त आककस्मक मृत्यु
होने पर ग्राम रोजगार सेवको के आकश्रत को संकवदा के आिार पर
कनयुकक्त प्रदान ककये जाने के संबंि में।

महोदय,

शासनादेश
संख्या-834/अड़तीस-72021-01 वीआईपी/2020 टीसी, कदनांक 17-06-2021
का कृपया संदभज ग्रहण करने का कष्ट करें, कजसके माध्यम से
कोकवड-19 से मृत ग्राम रोजगार सेवकों के मृतक आकश्रतों को
भारत सरकार द्वारा कनगजत मनरेगा गाइडिाइन य शासनादेश
संख्या-1799/38-7-2007-02
एनआरईजीए/2005
टीसी-1, कदनांक 23-11-2007 में उकलिकखत प्राकविानों
के अन्तगजत संकवदा के आिार पर कनयुकक्त प्रदान ककये जाने के
संबंि में कनयमानुसार अग्रतर कायजवाही ककये जाने के कनदेश
कदये गये थे।

2- इस संबंि मे मुझे यह कहने का कनदेश हुआ है
कक कोकवड-19 के अकतररक्त आककस्मक मृत्यु होने पर कविमगत
प्रकरण में भारत सरकार द्वारा कनगजत गाइड िाइन एवं शासन द्वारा
समय-समय पर कनगजत शासनादेशों के अनुरूप आवश्यक कायजवाही
कराने का कष्ट करें।
630 INDIAN LAW REPORTS ALLAHABAD SERIES

भवदीय,

 (सुखिाि भारती)

सकचव

(Emphasis added)

5. In this petition it has been claimed
that Chief Development Officer, Sravasti
has passed order on 20.01.2025 giving
compassionate
appointment
to
the
dependent of the deceased as Gram Rozgar
Sewak in his district. The order of Chief
Development
Officer,
Sravasti
dated
20.01.2025 is also reproduced hereunder:

कायािय आदेश

रोजगार सेवक (संकवदा) पद पर ग्राम पंचायरा-
बागवानी कवकास खन्ड कगिौिा में कायजरत थी। श्रीमती ककरण
पाण्डेय का कदनांक 25.05.2024 को देहान्त हो गया है। स्व0
श्रीमती ककरन पाण्डेय के पकत का िगभग 04 विज पूवज देहान्त हो
गया है। सुश्री नेहा पाण्डेय पुत्री स्व0 भवानी प्रसाद कनवाकसनी ग्राम
केदारपुरवा दाकखिा बागवानी कवकास खण्ड-कगिौिा ने अपने नोटरी
शपथ-पत्र कदनांक 16.12.2024 द्वारा ग्राम रोजगार सेवक पद पर
उनकी बहन जूिी का चयन होने से उन्हें आपकत्त न होने का शपथपत्र कदया गया है।

महात्मा गााँिी नरेगा अन्तगजत शासनादेश संख्या
1799/38-7-2007-02
एनआरईजीए/2005
टीसी-1
कदनांक 23.11.2007 द्वारा ग्राम रोजगार सेवक (संकवदा) पद हेतु
कदशा कनदेश कनगजत है तथा सकचव, ग्राम्य कवकास अनुभाग-7
उ0प्र0 शासन-िखनऊ के शासनादेश संख्या 73/38-7-7002
(099) / 143/2019 कदनांक 18 माचज, 2024 द्वारा कोकवड19 के अकतररक्त आककस्मक मृत्यु होने पर ग्राम रोजगार सेवकों के
आकश्रत को संकवदा के आिार पर कनयुकक्त ककये जाने के सम्बन्ि में
कनदेश कनगजत है।

शासनादेश
संख्या
73/38-77002(099)/143/2019 कदनांक 18 माचज, 2024 एवं
ग्राम पंचायत बागवानी कवकास खण्ड-कगिौिा की बैठक कायजवाही
कदनांक 08.10.2024 द्वारा कनगजत प्रस्ताव तथा कजिा स्तरीय
सकमकत के अनुमोदन कदनांक 17.01.2025 के कम में सुश्री जूिी
पुत्री स्व0 भवानी प्रसाद कनवासी ग्राम केदार पुरवा दाकखिा बागवानी
कवकास खण्ड-कगिौिा (मृतक आकश्रत स्व0 श्रीमती ककरम पाण्डेय,
ग्राम रोजगार सेवक (संकवदा) ग्राम पंचायत बागवानी कवकास खण्डकगिौिा) की सेवाएं ग्राम रोजगार सेवक (संकवदा) ग्राम पंचायतबागवानी कवकास खण्ड-कगिौिा पद पर प्राप्त ककए जाने की अनुमकत
प्रदान की जाती है।

सुश्री जूिी पुत्री स्व0 भवानी प्रसाद कनवासी ग्राम
केदार पुरवा दाकखिा बागवानी कवकास खण्ड- कगिौिा (मृतक
आकश्रत स्व0 श्रीमती ककरन पाण्डेय, ग्राम रोजगार सेवक (संकवदा)
ग्राम पंचायत-बागवानी कवकास खण्ड-कगिौिा) को सूकचत ककया
जाता है कक ग्राम प्रिान एवं ग्राम सकचव ग्राम पंचायत-बागवानी
कवकास खण्ड-कगिौिा के सक्ष उपकस्थत होकर ग्राम पंचायत से
अनुबन्ि की कायजवाही पूणज करके महात्मा गााँिी राष्ट्रीय ग्रामीण
रोजगार गारण्टी योजनान्तगजत ग्राम रोजगार सेवक (संकवदा) के पदीय
दाकयत्वों का कनवाजहन सुकनकित करें। सुश्री जूिी पुत्री स्व0 भवानी
प्रसाद की ग्राम रोजगार सेवक (संकवदा) पद पर सेवाएाँ ग्राम पंचायत
द्वारा अनुबन्ि के आिार पर प्राप्त की जायेगी तथा ग्राम रोजगार
सेवक पर प्रशासकीय कनयंत्रण पूणजतः सम्बकन्ित ग्राम पंचायत का
होगा।

(अनुभव कसंह)

मुख्य कवकास अकिकारी,

श्रावस्ती।

कायािय मुख्य भवकास अभधकारी, मनरेगा
प्रकोष्ठ श्रावस्ती

संख्या 462/ मनरेगा/ग्रा0 रो0 सेवक/2024-25

 कदनांक 20/01 2025

प्रकतकिकपः- कनम्नांककत को सूचनाथज एवं आदेश
अनुपािनाथज प्रेकित।

1- सुश्री जूिी पुत्री स्व0 भवानी प्रसाद कनवासी ग्राम
केदार पुरवा दाकखिा बागवानी कवकास खण्ड- कगिौिा द्वारा
ख0कव0अ0-कगिौिा।

2-सम्बकन्ित ग्राम कवकास अकिकारी/ग्राम पंचायत
अकिकारी द्वारा ख0कव0अ0, कगिौिा।
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3- कायजकम अकिकारी, मनरेगा/खण्ड कवकास
अकिकारी-कगिौिा।

4- कजिाकिकारी, महोदय-श्रावस्ती की सेवा में
अविोकनाथज प्रेकित।

मुख्य कवकास अकिकारी,

श्रावस्ती।

6.
Interestingly,
in
the personal
affidavit filed by the District Magistrate,
Maharajganj it has come to be averred vide
Paragraph 6 that in absence of guidelines
and in absence of any specific direction
issued to the district authorities for giving
compassionate appointment in terms of the
Government Order dated 18.03.2024 no
such appointments are being considered in
his district Maharajganj. Paragraph-6 has
been reproduced hereunder:

"6. That the aforesaid letter is a
communication between the Secretary, U.P.
Government and the Commissioner, Rural
Development,
U.P.
No
further
guidelines/direction have been issued to the
District Authorities till date with respect of
appointment to the dependants of those
who died in harness other than/except
COVID-19. Hence, no action has been
taken at the end of the Deponent in this
regard. If any such guidelines/directions is
issued in this respect by the Commissioner,
Rural Development, U.P. to the District
Authorities then the same shall be complied
with."

7. The Court is not satisfied with the
explanation offered vide paragraph-6 of the
personal affidavit of District Magistrate,
Maharajganj. Once the Government has
issued a Government Order providing for
compassionate
appointment
to
the
dependants of the deceased Rozgar Sevak,
every district has to comply with the same.
As far as the guidelines are concerned, in
absence of any Rule or Regulation framed
in that regard in such districts, the
eligibility criteria laid down in the U.P.
Recruitment of Dependants of Government
Servants Dying in Harness Rules, 1974 as
amended from time to time, may be
followed. And hence, I direct the District
Magistrate, Maharajganj to issue direction
to
Subordinate
Officers
and
then
communicate this order to the Chief
Development Officer of the district to
comply with the Government Order dated
18.03.2024 applying the principles as
contained in 1974 rules in so far as
definition
of
dependents
and
other
eligibility criteria are concerned.

8. I further issue directions to the
Secretary, Gram Vikas, Government of
U.P., Lucknow and also the Commissioner,
Village
Development
Department,
Lucknow to issue necessary guidelines and
directions so as to ensure that the
Government Order dated 11.03.2024 is
complied in its letter and spirit in all the
districts of Uttar Pradesh.

9. It is expected both from the State
Government as well as from those who are
looking after such appointments in districts
that dependants of the Gram Rozgar Sevak
are offered compassionate appointment
further
by
the
concerned
Gram
Panchayats considering the immediacy
of such applicants for the affected
families where the sole earning member
has died. It is directed accordingly that
as and when the applications for
compassionate appointment are filed by
the dependants, the same sahll be
disposed of within a maximum period
of 2-3 months without any undue delay
in the light of the observations made
hereinabove.
632 INDIAN LAW REPORTS ALLAHABAD SERIES

10. With these observations and
directions, this petition stands disposed of.
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(2025) 8 ILRA 632
ORIGINAL JURISDICTION
CIVIL SIDE
DATED: LUCKNOW 21.08.2025

BEFORE

THE HON'BLE ABDUL MOIN, J.

Writ A No. 3068 of 2018

Abdul Qayoom Ansari & Anr. ...Petitioners
Versus
U.P. Industrial Co-Operative Association
Ltd. ...Respondent

Counsel for the Petitioners:
Kartikey Dubey, Anshuman Singh, Ashok
Kumar Singh, Geetika Yadav, Riya Ghosh

Counsel for the Respondent:
C.S.C., Amit Chandra, Nadeem Murtaza,
Prashast Puri

Issue for Consideration
Permissibility
to
raise
ground
of
nonregularization of the petitioner, appointed on
daily-wage, but continuously rendered the
service of 37 to 38 years to negate the right
accruing to the petitioner.

Headnotes
(A)
Service
law
-
Regularization
-
Appointed as Salesman on daily wage in
1984 and 1985
- The order dated
17.01.2018
rejecting
the
claim
for
regularization was stayed by the High
Court - The petitioners have rendered
uninterrupted service of 37 to 38 years -
During pendency of writ petition against
this order, petitioner no. 1 was retired and
petitioner no. 2 was died - Effect -
Grounds that the respondent no. 1, being
in a precarious financial position, and
further that petitioners were retrenched in
2007, were taken to justify the nonregularization - Permissibility :
Held : Despite having been retrenched in the
year 2007, the writ Court, vide the order dated
22.08.2017, directed that the duration for which
the petitioners had worked was to be taken into
consideration while considering the case of the
petitioners for regularization - Merely because
the respondent No. 1 is in a precarious financial
position, the rights which have accrued to the
petitioners
cannot
be
negated
and
the
continuous working of 37 to 38 years cannot be
written off on the whims, fancies and caprices
of the respondent No. 1. [Paras 40 and 41] (E1)

Case Law Cited
Dharam Singh and others v. State of U.P. and
another, 2025 SCC OnLine SC 1735 - referred
to.

List of Acts
Uttar Pradesh Regularization of Services of
Persons Working on Daily Wages or on Work
Charge or on Contract Basis on Posts Within the
Purview of the Uttar Pradesh Co-operative
Institutional Service Board in Co-operative
Societies
Regulations,
2017
-
Clause
4;
Regularization Rules, 1985, as amended by the
Rules, 1990.

List of Keywords
Retrenchment;
Salesman;
Daily
wages;
regularization; Retirement; Co-operative society;
precarious
financial
position;
Rendering
continuous
service;
Non-regularization;
Livelihoods
and
dignity;
workers;
Recommendation by the Commission; Whims,
fancies and caprices of the respondent.

Case Arising From
The order of the respondent dated 17.01.2018
rejecting the claim of petitioners for their
regularization.

(Delivered by Hon'ble Abdul Moin, J.)

[C.M. Application No. IA/21 of 2024
: Application for Substitution]

(1)
This
is
an
application
for
substitution of the legal heirs of petitioner
No.2.